february 2006 - Press Photographers Association of Greater Los

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Celebrating 70 years of
Press Photography in Southern California
Press Photographers Association
of Greater Los Angeles
May 2006, Volume 70, Number 3
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Check our website at http://www.ppagla.org for
complete monthly contest results and judges comments.
Terry Pierson
5FIRST PLACE, FEATURES, FEBRUARY: With sweat pouring down his head from pre-game workout, Los Angeles Clippers guard Sam Cassell listens to
the National Anthem before the start of a game against the Houston Rockets at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
IN THIS ISSUE
3
President’s
Message
5 6
Odds
and
Ends
Point
standings
6
Monthly
contest
results
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
THE DAY I RAN THE FREE WORLD
By John McCoy
PPAGLA President
Y
Photo by Susan Sterner/The White House
PPAGLA President John McCoy photographs Paul Morse, Eric Draper and David Bohrer with their bosses President
George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Most people
couldn’t afford to
be entertained as
often as I get paid to be by
being a staff photographer at
the Daily News. Not very many
people can make a
living by being
curious.
“
given Secret Service
clearance to roam the
halls of the White
House and the West
Wing. Just hang out
with Paul, Eric and
Dave for a day and see
what happens.
I shot the first game in
New Jersey, and then
hopped a plane to
Washington, D.C. A
friend of mine who is a
writer at US News put
me up at his house.
And I contacted David
one last time. All systems were go.
I arrived at the gates of
1600 Pennsylvania
Ave., camera in hand,
and went through the
security screen. David
came out of the West Wing to
meet me. Now I was inside the
“bubble.”
It’s amazing how much freedom the photographers who
work for the White House have
“
boy and a member of
PPAGLA. is the guy in
charge of the White
House photo staff. He
is President Bush’s
photographer.
I had an assignment
to go to New York a
couple years ago to
cover the Lakers playing in the NBA Finals
against the New Jersey
Nets. Before I left, I
pitched a story to my
Daily News Director
of Photography, Dean
Musgrove. I told him
about the guys working the White House
who were all from
L.A. All of them
graduates of Long
Beach State. He was
skeptical, but gave his permission.
I called Dave Bohrer, and
asked him if it was a possibility.
He said that the President had a
pretty packed schedule, and time
in the White House was metered
out in 2-minute increments
months in advance. I was showing up in a couple of weeks. I
proposed doing a story about the
photo staff, with the hopes of
getting pictures of the guys with
the President and V.P.
I don’t know how many
strings David had to pull, but he
worked it all out. I would be
See MESSAGE, page 4
Just One More, Jr • May 2006
ou never know where
your camera will take
you. That is one of the
biggest reasons that I became a
news photographer. Every day is
different. And the day can
change hour-to-hour, or even by
the minute. If you have
Attention Deficit Disorder, this is
the career for you.
I was talking with PPAGLA
Vice President Ross Benson the
other day, and we were trading
war stories. A couple of grizzled
old news lensmen who have seen
it all. But maybe not, tomorrow I
will probably encounter a situation unlike anything I have ever
seen before.
Press photographers are on the
frontlines of history. We capture
the events of our times and,
someday,
historians
will look
back at our
archive in
wonderment.
They will
probably
wonder,
“How did
those photojournalists
do it?”
Most people couldn’t afford to
be entertained as often as I get
paid to be by being a staff photographer at the Daily News. Not
very many people can make a
living by being curious.
That reminds me of my
favorite war story. The day I ran
the country from the Oval Office.
I never dreamed that one day I
would walk into the White
House and tell George W. Bush
what I needed him to do. But in
this job, we are given the opportunity to take charge of situations. Sometimes control situations when we photograph the
most influential people in the
world.
Here’s how it all began: Past
PPAGLA President Paul Morse
is a staff photographer at the
White House. One of my closest
friends, David Bohrer is Dick
Cheney’s photographer. Eric
Draper, a Southern California
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MESSAGE,
from page 3
4
on the job. They have
unlimited access to the
place. They are on a first
name basis with the
Service agents. I had a
badge with a red letter
capital “A” on the front,
and wherever David
went, I tagged along.
Most of the photos I
made were of David documenting his boss, the
V.P. I made some pictures
of Paul and Eric. And
spent time in the West
Wing photo office. David
has his office just across
the circular driveway
from the West Wing in
the Executive Office
Building. But he wanders
around the White House
along with the other
shooters, just like they
own the place.
It isn’t generally
known, but the White
House photographers
have more access to the
president and V.P. than
anyone else in government. They can, and
often do, walk into meetings of the Cabinet, and
shoot pictures of world
leaders who visit from
around the globe. If it is
happening in the White
House, they have the
responsibility of documenting it for history.
At the end of the day, I
had not seen the
President. However, I was
only a little disappointed.
I had just spent the day
walking around the most
famous house in the land.
I thought my job was finished, but Eric told me to
come back the next day.
He had a plan.
Behind the scenes the
President had been contacted by his Chief of
Staff, and told about the
story I was doing on his
photographers. If his
schedule permitted, he
would see if he could
work us in.
The next day began
like the day before. The
White House shooters
had a laundry list of
things to do. Each day
they receive a copy of the
John McCoy
5President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney pose for a picture in the Oval Office with White House photographers (from left) Paul Morse, Eric Draper and David Bohrer. Morse is assigned to general White House photographic duties
while Draper is the personal photographer for Bush. David Bohrer is the personal photographer for Cheney. Bohrer is a San
Fernando Valley resident who, along with Morse and Draper, graduated from U.C. Long Beach. Paul Morse is a former president of the PPAGLA.
President’s schedule, and
then decide where they
wanted to take pictures
that day. Eric told me that
the President was having
a Senior Cabinet meeting,
and when it concluded, it
looked like I could get a
photo.
Immediately, I told
Dave we need to get a
group shot of the White
House staff photographers with their bosses.
He was already way
ahead of me. Dick
Cheney was in the meeting.
So we all trooped up to
the Oval Office and waited outside the door. In
rapt anticipation the four
of us exchanged unbelieving glances. I was
charged with adrenalin.
Then the door opened,
and the most powerful
men and women in the
world filed out of the
room in front of me.
Behind them was the Vice
President. Dave took off
in a well-practiced sprint
step to catch his boss.
The Vice President
looked at David, and then
realized he had a photo
opportunity to attend to.
World peace was going to
have to wait.
I walked into the Oval
Office with all of the
President’s photographers, and met George
Bush half way across the
floor. I was introduced by
an aide, and the President
stuck his hand out to
great me saying, “Hi,
John. Welcome to the
White House. How do
you like D.C.?”
As I pumped the
President’s fist, I was
immediately put at ease
by this world leader who
demonstrated an amazing
sense of down-home
charm.
“Well, how are we
going to do this? Where
do you want to do this?”
asked the President. He
put me in charge.
“Well Mr. President,
I’d like to take a picture
of you with the Vice
President, and your pho-
tographers. How about
we do a picture at your
desk?”
And that’s how it happened. I got to tell the
President what to do, and
directed the Vice
President where to stand.
It all lasted less than two
minutes. I made 18
frames, and I was done.
The White House photographers looked a little
intimidated being put into
a “photo op” with their
bosses, but I made a few
wisecracks while shooting, and managed to get
smiles out of the entire
group.
We left the Oval Office
and went back to the
West Wing. We all sat
around in a stunned kind
of silence. We got lucky.
My old friends had pulled
some strings and made it
all come together. I
remarked, “I can’t believe
where we just were. I
can’t believe THAT just
happened.” Eric looked at
me and said, “That’s what
everyone says.”
I made few more pictures, and shot Eric taking photos of the
President as he boarded
Marine One on the south
lawn. David then took me
on a tour of the White
House, and into the residential area where press
cameras were forbidden.
I left my camera behind,
an order I gladly followed.
At the end of the day,
Eric walked me out to the
guard gate, and shook my
hand as he bid me
farewell. Then it struck
me; I hadn’t made an
overall photo of the
White House. I had been
their two full days, and
the opportunity to shoot
the picture had eluded
me. I walked down
Pennsylvania Avenue and
approached the fence. As
I leveled my Nikon to
shoot, a security guard
tapped me on the shoulder. “Hey, no pictures of
the White House.” Man,
press photographers are
always getting hassled.
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ODDS AND ENDS
BEL AIR OFFERS A
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WORK TO SHINE
For many of us, the
newspaper that runs our
pictures is considered our
gallery. Everyone wants
their work to be seen, and
have it displayed well.
We wiggle our way into
the good graces of our
layout editors every day
so that we can get good
play.
Sometimes it doesn’t
matter how great your
photo is, it just doesn’t
get the display it
deserves. Now we have a
chance to control how our
pictures are seen.
Bel Air Camera, a very
hospitable benefactor to
the PPAGLA, has agreed
to open the doors of their
gallery to our members.
The gallery is downstairs
from the main showroom
at Bel Air Camera, and is
open to the public during
regular business hours,
Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
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Bel Air Camera is
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Your prints should be
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be easy to hang. We will
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More Jr.
Wine and cheese
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Camera! Make sure you
own the rights to your
photos before you offer
them for sale.
If you want to submit
your photographs for a
show, please contact
PPAGLA Gallery Curator
David Sprague at
david.sprague@daily
news.com
PORTRAIT CATEGORY
ADDED TO CONTEST
All entries for the
2006 annual contest
must be re-submitted
at the end of the year.
Each member can
submit a maximum of
30 photos in the annual contest.
The deadline for the
2006 annual contest will
be January 20, 2007.
For more information, call still contest
Chairman Joel P.
Lugavere at (818) 7038840, or e-mail thephoto-eye@socal .rr.com.
Entries can be mailed to
Joel at 23250 Spires St.,
West Hills, CA 91304
Photo courtesy of Ed Norgord
Elton Sewell, left, and Ed Norgord have their photo taken in front of the Pasadena
Playhouse in 1955, holding their 4x5 Speed Graphics. Sewell and Norgord worked for
the The Independent, which is now the Pasadena Star-News.
IN CELEBRATION OF 70 YEARS
Celebrate the
PPAGLA’s 70th anniversary by ordering a commemorative silver
PPAGLA badge. Thanks
to board member
Franklin Smith, we are
able to offer these solid,
2 inch, tin silver badges
to members at the unbelievable cost of $20.00
each, plus shipping.
They make a distinctive decoration hanging
on a camera bag or cellphone case by the sturdy
pin on the back.
We would like to
gauge membership interest before committing to
a limited run of 50
badges. If you are inter-
ested in obtaining one of
these special commemorative badges, please email Franklin Smith at
rsvp@ppagla.org
Just One More, Jr • May 2006
We’re adding a category for the monthly
clip contest: The
Portrait Category.
Contest Chairman
Joel Lugavere will
accept photographs
submitted in accordance to the following
rules:
All entries for the
2006 monthly and
annual contest will be
accepted only digitally
scanned on a CD. No
entries will be accepted in print form.
Deadline for the
monthly contest is the
15th of each month.
LOOKING BACK
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FEBRUARY 2006
MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS
FEBRUARY
2006
JUDGES:
From the Morning Call: Chuck
Zovko and Fran Kittek.
OVERALL COMMENTS: News and
Sports were very strong categories. Features was the weakest
category, although the best image
from the entire contest was the
first place image in the features
category.
NEWS
COMMENTS: All three were
excellent moments with second
and third being up close
and personal. First was a
panoramic that showed a fire
drop in all its glory. Granted
this is done a lot, but the graphics of the image made it a winner. Well executed.
FIRST
Paul Alvarez
The Press-Enterprise
“Water Drop”
SECOND
Marc Campos
Marc Campos
5SECOND PLACE, NEWS: L.A. County Firefighter Greg Daye adjusts his gloves while trying to extinguish a
van fire on the 10 Freeway in Claremont. One lane of the freeway was closed temporarily to fight the blaze.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
“Van Fire”
FEATURES
THIRD
COMMENTS: Feature category, by
far the weakest category. We narrowed it down quickly to about
five photos from which to choose
the top three. The first place
photo was by far the strongest of
the contest, and it was in black
Ed Crisostomo
The Press-Enterprise
“Holy Ghost”
and white — oh, for the good
old days!
FIRST
Terry Pierson
The Press-Enterprise
“Sweat Head”
See RESULTS, page 7
2006 MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS
PPAGLA POINT STANDINGS
Just One More, Jr • May 2006
Through February 2006
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Keith Birmingham
Jason Redmond
Paul Alvarez
Marc Campos
Stan Lim
Terry Pierson
David Shea
Mark Zaleski
Hans Gutknecht
Ed Crisostomo
Karen Quincy Loberg
Will Lester
Pasadena Star News
Ventura County Star
The Press-Enterprise
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The Press-Enterprise
The Press-Enterprise
The Press-Enterprise
The Press-Enterprise
Los Angeles Daily News
The Press-Enterprise
Ventura County Star
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS
FEBRUARY 2006
RESULTS,
from page 6
Ventura County Star
“Caught In the Rain”
SECOND
SPORTS
Paul Alvarez
The Press-Enterprise
“Graduation”
THIRD
Jason Redmond
COMMENTS: Good category. All
three winning shots were peak
action at its finest. The first
place shot was a water polo
shot (something we on the East
Coast never get to see) with
great graphics as the player is
hit in the face with the ball.
The reflection of the light from
the ball shining into her face
gives the image an added
dimension.
SECOND
David Shea
The Press-Enterprise
“Rugby Action”
FIRST
THIRD
Keith Birmingham
Pasadena Star News
“Water Polo”
Terry Pierson
The Press-Enterprise
“Burnout”
Just One More, Jr • May 2006
Keith Birmingham
5FIRST PLACE, FEATURES: Los Altos Melissa Reynoso is hit in the face with the ball as she tries to control it against San Marino.
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MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS
FEBRUARY 2006
Paul Alvarez
5FIRST PLACE, NEWS: A water-dropping helicopter makes a drop on the mountains north of the Irvine Lake Dam in the Cleveland National Forest.
Just One More, Jr • May 2006
Jason Redmond
5THIRD PLACE, FEATURES: Friends and classmates Lorena Gomez, from left, Charmaine Jacobe, Lauren Pratt and Anna Lopez, laugh as they find
themselves unexpectedly caught in the rain walking across campus at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
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FEBRUARY 2006
MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS
Paul Alvarez
Just One More, Jr • May 2006
5SECOND PLACE, FEATURES: Inmates wearing their prison clothes and caps and gowns cast a shadow before commencement ceremonies for inmates
who received their GED at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco.
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David Shea
5SECOND PLACE, SPORTS: Fiji's Daunivucu is flung around by Scotland’s Mark Robertson during an international rugby tournament at the Home Depot Center.
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